kefeleg

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton queffelec, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, perhaps derived from *kėfɨl (“horse”) (whence Breton kefil) owing to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse. Cognate with Cornish kevelek and Welsh cyffylog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈfeːlek/

Noun

kefeleg m (plural kefeleged)

  1. woodcock

Mutation

Mutation of kefeleg
unmutated soft aspirate hard
kefeleg gefeleg c'hefeleg unchanged
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